TTTE HfOnXTXG OR EGO XT AT?. THURSDAY A PI! II 0, 191G.
SHIPPING MEN FORM
jects of an enemy country from a neu
tral ship on the high seas is limited
strictly to persons who form part of
the ' military establishment of the
enemy.
Publication of the British note, which
reached the State Department yester
day, had been delayed on account of
some obscure passages in the cabled
text. It is said, however, that It gives
assurance that if investigations shows
there are among the men removed, any
who are not part of the German Army
or Navy, they will be released. The
contention is that there is nothing in
consistent in this attitude with that
assumed by theBritish government in
the famous Mason and Slidell case,
arising during the Civil War, when two
Confederate commissioners' were re
moved by a Federal warship from the
British liner Trent.
Apparently an important factor in
the case would be the status of a re
servist and the question whether any
of these Germans are of military age
and are subject to military service on
return to Germany.
VERDICT IS GUILTY
F. A. Taylor Is Convicted of
Embezzling Funds.
Future Relations of Council
With Chamber Have No
Yet Been Decided.
LENIENCY IS RECOMMENDED
Lone Juror Holds Out AH Day
Against Finding In Case or Sec- '
retary-Manager of Defunct
Portland Concern.
OFFICIALS INDORSE MOVE
HDEPEHDENT UNION
I 1
Traffic and Transportation Bureau
May He Abolished and All
oik of Importance Will Be
Independent of Chamber.
Prominent Portland shippers and
other business men who have frequent
line of the rail and water transporta
tion lines radiating out of this city,
yesterday perfected arrangements for
organization -of a shippers' association,
which will have chaise of all rate and
traffic problems in which the com
mercial life of the city is interested.
The new organization will be operat
ed independently of the Chamber of
Commerce, which heretofore has han
dled the traffic affairs of the city, and
will succeed the Chamber in caring
for that kind of work. J. II. Lothrop
will be retained as traffic manager.
Many of the prominent members of
the traffic and transportation bureau
of the Chamber have arranged to affil
iate with the new association, but will
retain their membership in the Chamber
Bureau May Be A bo lithed.
It is probable that the traffic and
transportation bureau of the Chamber
will be abolished. Members of. this
bureau doubtless will transfer to one of
the other bureaus. These details have
not yet been determined, in fact.
The traffic and transportation bureau
now is -represented by three directors
on the board of the Chamber of Com
merce. They are L. A. Lewis, W. H.
Mitchell and C. B. Woodruff. It is un
derstood that thev will continue in that
capacity, but this is another detail that
remains to be arranged.
Plans for the new organization were
'perfected at a recent meeting of the
executive committee of the Chamber,
which yesterday outlined the new ac
tivities as follows:
It has been agreed that the opera
tion of the traffic bureau as a con
stituent part of the Chamber of Com
merce was Impractical and inconsistent
in many ways.
Change Batted on Experience.
The experience of the year ended
March 31 makes it apparent that the
community service required of a traffic
organization can best be rendered by an
independent organization consisting of
those shippers and receivers of freight
who are concerned in rates and trans
portation service.
J ne arrangement 10 separate is a. ue
cision reached on terms entirely friend
ly. The plan calls for a division of
memberships, which will give the in
dependent shippers' association a suffi
cient amount of funds for operation. It
Is made up for the most part of con
cerns that formerly supported the work,
of the old transportation committee.
Tt is contemplated that, while inter
est in transportation matters will be
maintained in the Chamber, no action
will be taken in regard to freight rates
and rate adjustments. Matters of a gen
eral nature will be discussed and passed
upon, but it is thought that the pro
posed independent shippers' organiza
tion, having within its membership
many members of the Chamber of Com
merce well versed in rate matters, can
best guard the industrial and commer
cial interests also of the city. The serv
ices of the committee will always be
at the command of the Chamber, with
which it will work in the closest co
operation. Chamber Official Indorse Move.
President Colt, Kxecutive Secretary
Hardy and L. Allen Lewis, who is a
director and also chairman of the man
aging committee of the traffic bureau,
express themselves as well pleased with
the plan for separation and feel confi
dent that the same friendly and co
operative spirit which has prevailed
throughout the negotiations will make
easy the completion of the work, of
separation.
The new organization may be called
the "Shippers' Association."
A meeting of shippers has been called
for 4 o'clock today in the members'
council room on the fifth floor of the
Oregon building, in which the Chamber
of Commerce is located.
BRITISH STICK TO GUNS
Arrest of d'ermans on American
Vessel Defended.
"WASHINGTON, April 5. Great Bri
tain's reply to the representations of
the United States regarding the 38
Germans who were removed by a Bri
tish cruiser from the American steam
ship China, near Shanghai recently, is
understood to make it clear that the
assertion of the right io remove sub-
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EDITOR URGES DEFENSE
EDQAR B. PIPER ADDRESSES AGR1.
Cl'LTl'RAL STIDESiTS.
AeerMiivrneas of Grovrlns Nations
Cited Albany Hears Talk on
Preparedness, Too,
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Or.,. April 5. (Spe
cial.) Edgar B. Piper, editor of The
Oregonian, gave an address today on
"Preparedness" at the mid-week con
vocation exercises at the Oregon Agri
cultural College.
Mr. Piper disputed arguments ad
vanced by the pacificists, and called
the attention of the large audience to
the aggressiveness of the growing na
tions of the world which had resulted
in wars past and present and which
there was no reason to believe will not
do so in the future. He said prepared
ness was not necessarily preparing for
the slaughter of American young men,
but, on the other hand, was an in
surance against bloodshed.
He also cited numerous instances
not included in the college texts
where preparedness before wars of past
years would have prevented needless
destruction of life and property.
Miss Constance Piper played two
piano solos at the close of the con
vocation. ALBANY. Or.. April 5. (Special.)
Before a large and representative audi
ence of Albany people Edgar B. Piper,
editor of The Oregonian, tonight spoke
on "Preparedness" in the First Pres
byterian Church under the auspices of
the Albany Commercial Club, the Al
bany Retail Merchants' Association and
the executive board of the Albany
Public Library.
Prior to the lecture Mr. Piper was
the guest of honor at a banquet given
by the Merchants' Association. He was
escorted on an automobile ride about
the city and spent part of the day vis
iting at the home of his brother-in-law.
Senator E. IX Cusick.
CITY EMPLOYE REINSTATED
Court Issues Munadamus to Restore
Place Lost.
Petition for a writ of mandamus to
compel Will II. Daly, Commissioner;
I S. Kaiser, superintendent, and E. J.
Gray, foreman, of the Water Depart
ment, to restore him to his duties in
that department and to pay him for
38 4 days of time lost, was filed in the
Circuit Court yesterday by J. W. Dry
den, city employe, under civil service.
On motion of Attorney William S.
U'Ren. Circuit Jlge Morrow allowed
the writ and ordered the defendants to
employ Mr. Dryden and pay damages
within ten days or to show cause for
not complying with the order on April
15 at 10 A. M.
Mr. Dryden alleges he is a senior in
the civil service for the positions of
calker, meterman a ltd tapper.
PIONEER OF 1850 BURIED
Mrs. I'lizabotli Summers Llved In
Same House 53 Years.
OREGON CITY. April 5. (Special.)
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Summers,
who died Sunday, was held yesterday
from St. Johns Catholic Church and In
terment was made in the Mountain
View Cemetery.
Mrs. Summers came across the plains
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Mooney, in 1850. She won i have been
84 years old next May. O. daughter,
Mrs. Walter Little, died two . ears ago.
Mrs. Summers lived in the &me house
in Oregon City for 53 years. These
children survive: Mrs. A, Leary, of
Portland; James Summers, of Eastern
Oregon; Mrs. Charles Crossmen, of
Tacoma; Mrs. K. McNamara, of iregon
City and Peter Summers, of egon
City.
F. A. Taylor, secretary-manager of
the defunct F. A. Taylor Company, who
has been on trial for embezzlement be
fore Circuit Judge Morrow for a week
past, was found guilty at 5 P. M. yes
terday, after the jury had been out more
than 24 hours. All day the jurors hung
11 to one for conviction, according to
Deputy District Attorney Collier. The
final verdict of guilty was made with a
recommendation for leniency.
Sentence will be pronounced by Judge
Morrow on Monday morning.
The case was long-drawn-out. Jug
gling of accounts of the firm was ad
mitted by Taylor, but explained by his
contention that he had done all for the
good of the firm. Taylor did not deny
crediting himself with the firm's money!
He said he did it, however, to save it
from possible attachment with the as
sets of the failing concern.
In defense Attorneys John Manning
and Barge E. Leonard asserted that
Taylor was the victim of circumstances;
that he was faced with hard times and
did the best he could to .save the firm
from ruin. They pointed out that he
had never made any money for him
self in the transactions, at least that
he had none now to show for It. I
The prosecution, conducted by Dep
uty District Attorneys John Collier and
Charles Hindman, made capital of the
fact that Taylor lived well during all
the time the firm was struggling in
debt, and contended that he tried ,to
feather his own nest at the expense
of the company and E. A. King. a. local
capitalist, who dropped more than $48,
000 in the venture.
The F. A. Taylor Company was in
corporated in Portland four years ago,
and went into bankruptcy in Septem
ber, 1915. Creditors netted between 12
and 15 per cent on their accounts.
In December, 1914, Mr. Taylor dis
charged his bookkeeper and put his
stenographer in that position. Her
salary was raised, and shortly after
ward he married her. All the accounts
of the firm were handled by Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor.
PANTAGES MAKES DEAL
FOl'K MONTANA THEATERS WILL
BE ADDED TO CIRCUIT.
WOMAN SUES THIRD TIME
Action Iironght Against Officials for
Damages Alleged.
EUGENE, Or., April 5. (Special.)-
The case of Josie Pullen against the
City of Eugene, in which the original
judgment in favor of the plaintiff for
$3000 could not be collected because of
a provision of the city charter limiting
the liability of the city to $100 in per
sonal injury damage cases, is to be
tried for the third time. An amended
complaint has been filed in the Circuit
Court.
The Supreme Court held that the
plaintiff should have brought suit to
recover from the officials as Individ
uals. The case was resubmitted, but
the jury failed to agree.
Mrs. Pullen was injured by a fall on
a defective sidewalk. t
CORNELIUS CLUB' ELECTS
Mrs. Ii. A. Jackson Is President of
Civic Organization.
CORNELIUS. Or.. April 5. (Sdo-
cial.) The members of the Civic CluD
of this place met at the library Tues
day for their annual business meeting
and elected the following officers:
President, . Mrs. L A. Jackson; vice-
president. Mrs. A. D. Smith; recording
secretary, Mrs. W. B. Vickers: corre
sponding secretary, JVIrs. J. Ingebright
son; treasurer, Mrs. a. j. Lvtle.
Mrs. Jackson, the newly-elected
president, is In every way qualified for
tne orrice, as she is thoroughly familiar
with the work of the club, having been
an active mernDer since Its organization
three years ago.
Great Falls, Butte, Anaconda and Mis
soula Are Towm Invaded Chi
cago to Get New House.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 5. (Special.)
As a result of a deal closed in Seattle
today, four new theaters will be added
to the Pantages circuit, and Pantages
vaudeville for the first time will be
shown in Montana. The new houses to
pass under circuit control. Manager
Alexander Pantages announced, are in
Great Falls, Butte, Anaconda and Mis
soula. The theaters, all of which are
modern playhouses, heretofore have
been operated by the Ansonia Amuse
ment Company, of Butte.
Philip Levy, general manager of this
company, came to Seattle yesterday to
complete the negotiations. J. E. Op-
penheimer, the other member or the
Butte concern, is a millionaire mining
man with large interests in Montana
and British Columbia.
The new arrangement will go into
effect the week of April 17, the Pan
tages shows going from Calgary to
Great Falls, to Anaconda, to Butte and
thence to Missoula anvl Spokane. At
present they are making the long jump
irom aigary to poKane.
The adding of the four Montana
houses brings the number of weeks
booked by Manager Pantages up, to 25,
his circuit . now extending in a great
crescent (-om Detroit out to the Coast,
and back East as far as Chicago.
In addition, the Seattle vaudeville
magnate is building a new 16-story of
fice and theater building in Minneapo
lis, has another playhouse under con
struction in Vancouver, B. C, and the
plans are now complete for a new
theater in Tacoma, He will soon build
a new theater in Chicago.
Manager Pantages Is much pleased
over his proposed Invasion of Montana.
TRAP LAID FOR FRAUDS
PERJl'RERS FOR I.IQl OR TO BE
ARRESTED ON SPOT.
Clarke Licenses 62 9 Automobiles.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 6. (Spe
cial.) Since March 1. when old auto
licenses expired, a total of 629 auto
mobiles and 43 motorcycles have been
licensed in Clarke County. The total
fees received by the County Auditor
(for these licenses was $3756. The
average license fee paid by each auto
mobile or auto-truok bas been $5.80.
New automobiles are being licensed at
the rate of two each day.
Guinea piKS do not come from Guinea,
nor are they pigs.
Spokane Auditor Proposes to Curb
Proetlce of Giving: Wrong Names "
or Addresses for Permits.
SPOKAXE, Wash.. April 6. (Special.)
Persons found making false state
ments to secure liquor permits will be
arrested as they stand at the liquor
license window in thha County Audi
tor's office, after this.
Drastic measures to stop the falsify
ing of records were taken today by
Auditor Anderson, who, in co-operation
with Sheriff Waller, had the two
license clerks. D. P. Fowler and L. E.
Wyland, sworn in as deputy Sheriffs.
This action was taken only after
many persons had been foiled in efforts
to obtain permits falsely. It Is de
clared that on several occasions per
sons have given false names and ad
dresses, or the names and addresses of
other residents of the city.
"There will be no more foolishness
in this matter," said Mr. Anderson. "My
deputies will now immediately place
under arrest any person whom they
discover making false statements in
an effort to secure a permit."
CAUSE OF ROAD DAMAGE UP
Concrete Stan Says 12-Ton Road
Holler Broke Paving.
Whether or not a 12-ton road roller
or the average heavy truck traffic on
the Linnton road caused breaks in a
section of concrete pavement is a ques
tion before the County Commissioners
and Roadmaster. The maintenance
agreement of John Eden, a cement
manufacturer of Seattle, enters into
the question.
It is contended by the road engineer's
office that the concrete pavement has
not stood the strain of heavy traffic.
C. M. Reitze, promoter of concrete pav
ing, asserts that the pavement has not
been treated fairly, having been broken
by a heavy road roller and not by usual
traffic.
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A fifteen-year-old school
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A staid business man
started it on the train and
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An editor, who reads all
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night to finish it.
And now it comes to you.
Zane Grey's great story,
Wildfire, starts today in
It's of the pioneer West; of horse thieves and gun play;
of a girl who could ride and shoot and love; of a man
who ventured his life for months to capture a magnificent
wild stallion; of that stallion, and the terrific race he ran
against forest fire to save two lives.
The Country Gentleman covers every interest of the
farm good reading as well as good ideas. It is for the
wife as well as for the farmer. In this issue begins
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RAILWAY MEN ASK RISE
FORMAL KOTICE IS SERVED
SOUTHERN' PACIFIC.
ON
Shasta Dlvlalou Employes Give Notice
of More Pay or Shorter Hours and'
Set" April SO for Reply.
ASHLAND, Or., April 5. (Special.)
In common with other railway termi
nals, formal notification from author
ized committees has been served on the
Southern Pacific In behalf of the em
ployes of its Shasta ldivision for either
shorter hours or more pay. Conduc
tors, engineers ami trainmen are in
volved in this movement for working
on an eight-hour basis, with extra pay
for overtime. Higher wages for some
might reduce the wages for others on
this division.
In Ashland, for Instance, switch en
gine crews would be on duty eight
hours per day instead of 12-hour shifts
under prevailing schedules. For train
men the demand in the freight service
proposes that 100 miles shall constitute
a day's run on tne eight-hour basis,
whether the distance is actually cov
ered or not. Demands are either to be
acceded to or rejected by April 29.
. CORVALLIS, Or., April 6. HSpeoial.)
Resolutions advocating that railway
trainmen's organizations and the. com
panies agree to arbitrate their diffi
culties and avoid a strike whereby the
lumber, grain and other industries of
the Pacific Northwest would be dis
astrously affected were adopted at the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
here Monday night.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States was notified of the action
and a similar attitude on the part of
the other institutions of the country ia
advocated.
MISSIONARY FOLK ELECT
Mrs. -1. V. McMicliael Chosen Presi
dent of rresbj terial.
At the annual meeting of the Port
land Presbyterial held yesterday in the
Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
J. W. McMichael was unanimously
elected president.
Other missionary officers chosen
were: First vice-president, Mrs. A. V.
Zimmerman; second vice-president,
Mrs. M. E. Churchill; third vice-president,
Mrs. H. N. Mount; fourth vice
president. Mrs. W. S. Gilbert, of As
toria; fifth vice-president, Mrs. James
Garson; corresponding . secretary, Mrs.
H. R. Albee; recording secretary, Mrs.
Fabian Byerley; treasurers, Mrs. H.
Smith and Mrs. W. J. Kerr; child work
secretary. Mrs. F. R. Cook; Christian
Endeavor secretary, Mrs. L T. Nelson;
secretary Westminster Guild, Miss
Julia Palmer: secretary of mission
etudy, Mrs. J. T. Keenan; literature sec
retary for missions, Mrs- William Yeo.
Anecdotes of missionary work were
given by Mrs. E. Gildersleeve, of New
York. Mrs. L. Hurd and Mrs. Hopkins,
of India, also spoke, amd lunch was
served. '
HOUSEWARMING ARRANGED
Chamber of Commerce Will Hold
Soclal.Tomorrow Xight.
Members of the Chamber of Com
merce will assemble for an informal
house warming in the chamber's head
quarters in the Oregon building at
Fifth and. Oak streets tomorrow night.
The occasion is the annual meeting
of the chamber and its varied bureaus,
but the formalities of the session will
be dispensed with. The time will be
given over entirely to social pleasures.
Governor Withycombe has accepted the
invitation to attend and will open the
festivities.
The Berger-Jones pictures will be
shown in the green room on the
seventh floor, 8:15 to 9:15, and from
9:30 to 10:30.
Dallas Circuit Court Opens Tuesday.
DALLAS, Or., April 5. (Special.)
Circuit Court for tlie April term con
venes in Dallas next Tuesday. Several
civil cases are ready for trial. The
trial of Smith Bros., of Independence,
for conducting a nuisance will be held
first. At the January term o the
court the jury disagreed in this case.
It is charged that the Smith Bros, per
mitted gambling in their poolhall.
Sheriff John Orr raided the place last
Fall.
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Steps to Economy Dept.
Knight Shoe Co.
Morrison St.
Near Broadway.